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Old Mole Variety Hour for November 14

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge will host as the Moles review the election and discuss the work ahead for the Left. Contributor Jack Johnson offers a look at the reasoning of some Trump supporters. Clayton considers where Trump voters were coming from and how the Left might improve... Read more

Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Riding the freedom bus, as students and young people all across America continue to protest Trump's ascension to the White House. Also, a report back back and update from Standing Rock, as the Flashpoints team heads out to North Dakota for a week of... Read more

Political Perspectives: Angela Davis x Ta-Nehisi Coates

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Angela Davis in a rarely heard 1972 interview at Malcolm X College, presented with permission from the Chicago Film Archives.  Davis discusses the upcoming presidential election, campaigning for 3rd party candidates Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner and her freedom after 16 mont... Read more

Clinton, Trump and the truth about the U.S.

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
With the inundation of all the news regarding Trump and Clinton, we really did not want to go any further with it.  However, we have not seen many views which share our perspective on the situation, so we felt it crucial to use the platform we have to share a different view... Read more

The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners: 70 Days to go

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  The Push to Release Guantanamo Prisoners; 70 Days to go Guest host Linda Olson-Osterlund will be joined from London by Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. They will talk about the seventy days le... Read more

Gandhi's Gift

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  “Gandhi’s Gift” is the first major documentary about Mahatma Gandhi to be made in the U.S. and asks the question, “Were Gandhi’s final years his finest?” Co-producer Cynthia Lukas will join Cecil and Celest in studio to discuss the film and Gandhi's legacy of resistance.... Read more

Presswatch: Barriers to Democracy

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
   Host Theresa Mitchell takes your calls and comments on the Presidential election and on the various barriers and scams that prevent an outbreak of democracy in the U.S.  Plus a renewed call for social activism. Read more

LIVING IN TRUMPLAND

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As we stagger past the shock and dismay of this presidential election, it's important that we understand what we must do as individuals and as a community to counter the forces that have been unleashed by the election of Donald Trump. To help us navigate these difficult wat... Read more

Olio by Tyehimba Jess

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  In Olio Tyehimba Jess presents a musical history of the long fight against slavery, marshaling a vast cast of historical figures including the slaves, some freed, whose music was the basis for the blues and jazz in the 19th century. They ask, "Once burst loose from human... Read more

Winners & Losers this Election Season

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Community dialogue is important. Voices from the Edge lends a KBOO microphone to informed guests you might not hear anywhere else. With an hour to invest, the call-in format engages listeners in meaningful conversations about crucial issues like racial disparity, governm... Read more